"We aim to produce internationally significant research to enhance students' learning and contribute to the economy and society."
Professor Mike French, Head of School

The following departments combined their world-leading expertise in research and teaching to form the School of Social & Political Sciences in August 2010:

Our multi-disciplinary approach means that if you study with us, you can benefit from a unique combination of degree programmes taught by scholars at the forefront of academic and policy thinking.

The School of Social & Political Sciences is part of the College of Social Sciences.


School News

  • 28 Jan

    European Funding for 2012-14 IMRCEES

    The University of Glasgow is calling for students to apply for its first-ever course to be supported by the European Commission’s prestigious Erasmus Mundus programme.
  • 12 Mar

    New Book: Imaging and Imagining the Fetus

    The story of the development of obstetric ultrasound in Glasgow, from the earliest experiments with industrial flaw detectors to the diffusion of the technology throughout the British hospital system and beyond, and the impact that ultrasound imaging had on the concepts of the fetus, both clinically and culturally.
  • 19 Apr

    Grant success

    Older adults who are more physically active and less sedentary generally live longer and have higher quality of life. Cindy Gray and Sally Wyke have been awarded £78,210 to explore the place of sedentary behaviour in older people's lives and identify potential opportunities for improvement.
  • 08 Apr

    Ralph Gomory prize for Business History

    Congratulations to Mark Freeman and co-authors on winning the 2013 prize for their book 'Shareholder Democracies: corporate governance in Britain and Ireland before 1850'.

Events & Seminars

  • 13 Sep

    2013-05-09 CEES & GSERN Seminar

    Dr Mychailo Wynnyckyj: ‘Between Byzantium and Brussels: The Politics of Orthodox Christianity in the European Union’
  • 13 Sep

    2013-05-10 Urban Studies Seminar

    Keith Jacobs: 'The politics of housing: the role of interests groups and lobbyists in shaping policy agendas'
  • 15 Apr

    2013-05-13 Book Launch

    Imaging and Imagining the Fetus: The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound, by Malcolm Nicolson and John Fleming
  • 11 Mar

    2013-05-16 School Seminar

    Dennis Rodgers: 'Global Ganglands: Towards a New Political Economy of Violence and Order in Most of the World'